John A. Heldt
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Novelist, retired reference librarian, former newspaper sports writer and editor |
| Location | Nevada, United States |
| Introduction | John A. Heldt is the author of twenty-six bestselling time-travel novels. The former reference librarian and award-winning sportswriter has loved getting subjects and verbs to agree since writing book reports in grade school. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Iowa, Heldt is an avid fisherman, sports fan, coin collector, and reader of thrillers and historical fiction. When not sending contemporary characters to the not-so-distant past, he weighs in on literature and life at johnheldt.blogspot.com. |
| Interests | Writing, sports, fishing, collecting coins, traveling |
| Favorite movies | American Graffiti, Animal House, Apollo 13, Band of Brothers, Braveheart, Contact, Fools Rush In, The Fugitive, Grease, Hoosiers, The Hunt for Red October, It's a Wonderful Life, Lion, A Little Princess, The Longest Day, Miracle, The Music Man, My Cousin Vinny, Outlander, The Polar Express, Remember the Titans, Saving Private Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle, Sound of Freedom, The Sound of Music, Speed, Togo, Top Gun: Maverick, Toy Story, Trading Places, TURN: Washington's Spies, A Walk in the Clouds, What Women Want |
| Favorite music | ABBA, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, John Denver, Neil Diamond, The Eagles, Gershwin, Mannheim Steamroller, Glenn Miller, Old Crow Medicine Show, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen |
| Favorite books | Endurance, Hearts in Atlantis, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Into Thin Air, Jackdaws, John Adams, Memorial Day, Patriot Games, Plum Island, Rainbow Six, Shadow Divers, The Da Vinci Code, The Firm, The Great Gatsby, The Hunt for Red October, The Last Full Measure, The Nightingale, The Pillars of the Earth, Timeline, Unbroken, Undaunted Courage, Where the Crawdads Sing, Wild Fire |